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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-12-16
Philadelphia Women.

A question: much discussed in par
lor- and clubs, says the Philadelphia
Times, is whether beauty is dying out.
Three propositions appear to be very
generally accepted: First, that beauty
among women and young girls in the
larger cities is rarer than FIVE or ten
years age; second, that ugly women
are more numerous, and third, that the
higher and more exclusive the circle.
the more fashionable and elegant the
surroundings, the less, as a rule, the
physical attractiveness of the women.
That there is a great decadence in ply
sical attractiveness among the young
women and girls just entering w"m-
anhood IN the cities cannot be-doubted.
Take the most popular thoroughfsres,
the theatres and the great public gath
erings, such as balls, and how rare is a
genuinely pretty girl or beautiful wo
man. 1t is not many years since it
was a very ordinary occurrence to find
girl or woman. on Chestnut street so
unmistakable pretty that passers-by
turned TO look at her. The songs, the
ballads, the poetry and the fiction
were full of reference to beauty,
whereas now beauty is Dnt rarely sung,
and even in fiction most of the heroines
are commonplace. But the scarcity
of beauty is not confined to fashionable
society, circumstance that goes to
show that fashionable dissipa is
not the whole root of the trouble after
ALL
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A Oarboulferous Monster.
DISCOVERY OF THE PETRIFIED REMAINS
OF AN ANIMAL.

Mr.. s r. Dawson, of Percy, War
rem county, Iowa, claims to have dis
covered the petri6ed remains of some
huge monster near that place. He
was interviewed Saturday respecting
ois discovery. He says that his saten-
tion was attracted to it when, passing
several rods distant from where it lies
on the bank, and almost in the bed OF
the Des Moines river He has made
fresh measurements and gives as the
total length of the body, without the
head, forty feet. At, nine feet from
the tail be describes it as four feet five
inches, wide, The head seems to have
been aetatcnedrfTom the body, and lies
abount forty-ffve feet distant up the
stream. Mr.. Dawson says in support
of his theory,that this is the petrifed re-
mains oil some extinct monster, that Is
unlike the store formation of that
vicinity, and is not the same all the
way through. He says that he finds a
spar or quartite formation where the
intestinal canal and blood vessel should
be, while different formation is seen
in other parts, The general appear
ance of the deposit is that of darkish
blue stone turning grayish on the
outside. 1t was placed on the slope Of
a dip that lies at an angle of about 20
degrees, dipping to the southwest. He
is very confident that it is really the
stone remains of some huge amphibian
# the carboniferous age. No effort
has been made to get scientific analy-
sis of the find, though the attention of
the State Geologlst will be called to it.,
and II is hoped that its identity and
antecedents will be established.
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Two Abused Glasses Of Women.

There is the much-abused mother-in-
law. Why will not some one champion
her cause The most amiable of
women become mothersin-law, and
certainly do not change their nature
because of that relation. If young
couples would adopt the sensible plan
of forming independent homes, how
ever humble, there would be very little
trouble on that score. But under any
circumstances there is no basis for one
tenth of the cheap wit about the
mothers of our wives. Turn a little
light on the conduct of the sons-in-law
for change.
Then there are the old maids, the
best abused members of the community.
They oil IA unique place of usefulness
Aud lots of them are handsome, too.
We could not get on without them.
Many man is ready to give three
hurrahs for the old maids,-Neao York
World.
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NANARY, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, NAV AND
~ Mixed Seed for the birds at j. H. MERGERS
Drug and Book Store, first door below Creasy's
Grocery Store.
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Bill Nye's Advice To Girls.
THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY MISS POSTERS
1MPRoMPTU MARRIAGE IN
WISCONSIN


am sorry to note that within the
past few days several more people have
married for joke, among them a
Young lady, near Madison, Wis, who
was out for walk, and at the suggest
ion of party named Foss, married
him. The young lady whose name
was Foster, realizing that she could
marry Mr. Foss without changing the
letter on the tidy which she had al
ready made, preparatory to keeping
house, did not stop to consider the
great responsibility which she assumed
by marrying an unknown man, but
boldly launched herself upon the great
foamy sea of matrimony
Much has been said about this i'm
promptu method of marriage, but still
people go on encouraging divorce by
hurriedly acquiring husband from
the great five cent counter of human
ity.
Miss Foster, it seems, was the daugh-
ter of millionaire who edits a saw
mill in Wisconsin, and who could have
boarded her as1ong as she lived
To the casual observer il would seem
that no temptation could WOO young
lady from home where all day long
she could hear the so zeal of the com
planning saw mill and the snore of the
planning mill, turning out matched
flooring, 2x4 scantling and dressed
culls, and yet Miss Foster forgot the
ht,o sth .l L.
prone to monkey, the gentle skid, the
xxx shingles, the moist slab, the
gummy joist, the select fencing and its
finishing lumber, in order to flee to the
arms of stranger.
Matrimony is, in all cases, serious
matter but it is doubly serious when
it is tampered with in a hippaut and
,ritiing manner on the start, only to
bring sorrow, chagrin, complaint, an
swer, joinder, rejoinder, surrejoinder,
butter, rebutter and surrebutier, in
harmony, parsimony and alimouy at
last.
Oh, girls, why will you do so? Why
will you forget the sheltering arms of
your parents to take up arms against
sea of trouble? Why will you turn
your back on the lumber business to
marry man without a change of canes
to his back' Why will yeu weary of
the old home to see out stranger who
will break your North American heart
and send you down, perhaps to damp
and undesirable drunkards grave.
Try to get acquainted with the man
whom you propose to wed, AS you
get more thoroughly acquainted, try to
get whiff of his breath. See that he
is temperate. If you find that he loves
the flowing bowl, and that his hot
breath as it courses through the clench-
ed teeth soorches the cotton in your
ears, draw yourself to your full height,
crack your heels together twice in rap
id succession and 60 away.
Bill NYE.
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BIooMsBURG


1t has been found that sulphate of
iron will destroy moss in grass lands,
without injury to the grass.
A prosperous farmer says the best
crops he ever raised were obtained by
spreading manure on over snow.
The farm garden is the index to the
state of progress of the farm, and the
comfort, health and happiness of the
family,
Ammonia from the stables is very
injurious to carriage varnish, therefore,
the carriage should be housed in dry
place somewhat removed.
Parsnips contain more nutriment
than turnips or carrots, aud make sup
erior food for dairy stock or fattening
hogs, and, of all root crops, none keep
better.
Fibrous matters may be reduced to
q manurial state by the aid of heat,
moisture and earthly matter. Where
these ere applied, hay, stalks or weeds
may be rapidly rotted down.
Experiments with commercial ferti-
lizers indicate that nitrogenous man.
ures appear TO be of little use the Sec
oDd season on grass. Superphosphate
and kainit had more lasting effect.
Rich, moist soil is the best adapted
to plum trees. II the hens are permit
ted to circulate freely about the trees
they will fertilize the soil and inter
fere with the inroads of the curculio
Hogs will almos, winter on Glove
cut when in full bloom, cured and pur
where it can be had, SO the hogs car
be foddered with 1t twice day. The,
will eat it az hay, or better if cut and
wetted, with little bran or mesl put
on. it.
When COW on unchanged food be-
gins 10 dry off she also begins to fat
ten. Putting on fi,sb is all right il
not overdone nor commenced too early.
A few weeks, or perhaps two or three
months, If milk is not especially val
liable, may be given to bringing the
COW into condition.
Every farmer in the land should by
all means keep few sheep. They
cost little in the first place. The cost
for the sheep will never be missed.
Nothing is nicer in the spring than a
quarter OF lamb. The majority of the
farmers are not convenient to market,
and consequently can not obtain fresh
meat when most needed-that is, ia
hot weather. A lamb can be eaten BY
most families before it spoils, and if
not, it is easy to make an arrangement
with neighbors to take quarter and
return it when they kill. By all means
keep few sheep.
On some farms enough straw is
wasted to make handsome income.
All straw is poor food, as it lacks in
both the elements of growth and fat.
The proportions are so small that ami
mails can not eat enough to make much
gain. They will live on it, but the
farmer wants more. By the addition
OF little meal the straw can be sold
in good market on the farm and be
had for manure at the same time. This
is just what the farmer wants, to con
vert into fertilizer all the fodder and
grain he can which has paid a good
profit npon itself in other ways, as
meat, butter or cheese. When this is
dons the farm will always be profitable
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-12-16

~ want you to send this message to
Miss Brown at Galveston. Her mother
is not expected to live," said a Texas
granger to an Austin telegraph opera
tor.
Operator takes the message, sits
down at his table and begins to send
it over the wires.
"Hold up! Don't give it to her 80
fast. She's got heart disease Go
slow. Break it to her gently"
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STATIONS

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C,ASTILLE, TOILET AND MEDICATED SOAPS,
~ fnll line at ]. II. Nercers Drug and Book
Store, Upper Main treet.
, 1887-03-26

the class to be represented. A large mum
Der of the members OF the British House of
Commons, for instance, are lawyers, but they
are certainly not sent up by constituencies
of lawyers, another large number are mill
tary men, but certainly they are not sent
up by the army.
Our correspondent gives two examples of
model legislation. The first is to enact free
trade in rum. Well, the Swiss tried that a
few years ago, and they are now very sorry
for it and are trying hard to conquer the
appalling evils which ensued. So great has
been the reaction that the Government has
taken the whole liquor trade into its own
hands, and that be it remembered is done
not by an an autocratic Government but by
q republican. 1t may be an injustice to
prevent people going into the rum trade,
but it is a similar injustice to that which IS
inflicted by the police regulation for
bidding people to let off crackers IN a
crowded thoroughfare. No, the rum trade
must be taken care of and kept well with
in bounds, if possible. If the present deal
ers are making too much by it, the tax can
be raised at the end of the present three
years run, or what is still better a good
heavy excise can be put on the article.
Our correspondents second example refers
to the desirability of making yagabonds pay
for the cost of hospital treatment when IN
jured in fighting, or when ruined in health
by bad habits. This is right enough, where
it is practicable; but we do not think the
binding out of the parties by the Police
would be practicable. Is it not a little in
consistent in our correspondent to recommend
free trade in rum on the one hand and on
the other to admit that the final result" of
indulgence7 is "the loss of health" in the
drinker and expense to the community, which
has then to take care of him ?
, 1887-03-26
To the Editor Of the st. Croir Aris.
Sir,

Allow ne through your columns to thank
my worthy townsmen the voters of Christian
sted for the honor I understand (having been
told SO by gentlemen of strict veracity) they
are wishful of comforting upon me by elect
ing me to represent them in the colonial
council In place of Mr.. Peter Lemming whose
term [ am happy to say will expire within
the next month. This mark of their esteem
l highly appreciate and beg to assure them
that it is with some regret that I decline the
candidature, but my business relations do
not admit lat least as far as the coming cleo
ton is concerned) of my accepting it.
[ would like before | conclude to make a
few remarks to the innocent sheep of thig
little hamlet, and hope they will be taken
in good part, as they are offered with no bad
intention, but to serve as o timely forewarn-
ing to the sheep. I would say to them tho
Wolf is abroad, having onned the sheep skin
which he keeps for the purpose, and is COM
ing or will be coming round to the folds whis-
pering sweet things in the ears of the sheep
and advising them to take him for their de-
fender or guardian, at the same time assur-
ing them that their interest is his constant
study, their welfare his pleasure and their
success in life his happiness, he will shake
hands or hoofs with the old sheep and pat
, 1887-03-26

trivial matter not worthy of notice except by
those of little understanding and blood-thirsty
nature.
Again, we see people of the same class
from morning to night lurking about the
rumshops some of whom you give the great
est displeasure by offering them work of any
kind, which they may be capable Of doing,
preferring to remain there in hopes of begging
for a few cents for the purpose of purchasing
the object Of their hearts desire-rum-; the
hnaI result IS that these persons soon suffer
the loss OF health and are sent either to the
hospital or the jail in conjunction with the
fighting lot, at the expense Of another part of
the community.
Well, the question is is it Just, reasonable
or right that expense of this kind should de-
volVe On any other part of the community?
l would answer positively, no and continue
by saying that such persons ought, after
recovery, to be bound by the Police to take
employment and refund whatever expense
they have created this would not only be
justice to all taxpayers, but may cause such
persons to reform and become good and
respectable characters.
Matters OF this kline ought not to be over
looked, as they are of a nature SO combined
as to dispense justice in one way and afford
a possibility of effecting reformation from
total depravity in another but whose fault
IS it that these things are not looked after?
Many, whilst %fretting and expostulating,
bllndly blame the Government for them, but
pardon me for telling you they are faults of
your own.
1t IS beyond contradiction that those who
comprise the Government, having so little
connection or experience in the occurrences
OF everyday life, that perhaps such ideas
nnuor Occ1rraJ 70 kboro. IL -. - -
forget at the same time that you have the
benefit Of a constitution which gives you
the glorious right and privilege Of electing
q representative in the Council for the pur-
pose of protecting your interests and pro-
noting your welfare, and with this privilege
whose fault is it when you return such men
as even forget your existence and turn their
positions to personal advantage or fill their
posts like mummies in q museum?
But, by the way, this brings me to the
opinions and notions of some of my most
lliustrous acquaintance regarding the quail
hcatlOns which IN their opinion a man must
possess in order to become a member of this
beneticent Council first you must be fnan-
cially independent of the Government. and
having any connection with it also makes
you unsuitable; next, you must be so dis
posed as to be always Numerically opposed
to the Government, with a series of other no.
tlons too numerous to mention, but here
again | must beg pardon for my difference of
opinion in this respect.
in accordance with my ideas, you require
men of your own class to represent you such
as have some knowledge of your positions
and your grievances with simple interest
enough to depict plans of alternating those
grievances without intrinsic detriment to
others, and you will find that if such
schemes are laid before the Government, sup
ported by reasonable argument that they toiU
haze effect.
Whilst I remain
Respectfully
EOTITDV
, 1887-03-26

We suspect that the letter of our CORES
pondent Equity" has something to do with
the approaching elections but when he
calls on the electors to choose representatives
of their own class we do not quite know what
hemeans. since electors belongt6 several class
as. Perhaps, however, it may be safe to
assume that he means that the. t~ownspeople
should elect traders, the country people
planters. To this we have no objection,
only 1T does not always happen that a man is
a good representative because he belongs to
, 1887-03-26
To the Editor of the "St. Croir Avts.'

40 bU6 INbGOI " CUO ~ NJOtA
Dear Sir,
There are a few items so troublous and
welded to my mental organs that I have con-
cluded that the most e~ffectual method of eradi-
eating them is by expressing my sentiments
to you in the hope that those in whose well
fare I have taken interest will fully compre-
hend my meaning and if not entirely agree
able to my views on the subjects, will be
good enough not to resort to cenSure but
admit that every man has an equal right to
have and to express his opinion or opinions
as NAV be, supposing them even to be diane
trically opposed to theirs.
I feel quite s~anguine, however, that there is
a large majority in this community that will
readily admit that the methods Of obtaining a
livelihood in this country, where there is so
little trade or commerce., are indeed limited,
and therefore no branch of business capable
of affording even the common place necessa-
ries of life ought to be restricted or under any
form of monopoly, nor should one part of any
community be in any way under the necessi-
ty or obligation of supporting or defraying
certain unnecessary expenses created by the
other, which regret to say is the case in
this Island, and to which I will hereafter
allude.
1t is a long time since this question has
presented itself to my mind and will not de-
part "Why is there such o limitation of rum
licenses in this island and why is it not SO in
other places not even in the island Of St.
Thomas ?"
It is indeed g%rievous and unsatisfactory to
be obliged to live under the conviction that
there is so much more freedom of trade en-
loved and consideration taken of another
community just about forty miles from US.
There is no denying that the retail of rum
in this island is q lucrative business and
therefore ought not to be confined among a
few persons who derive %opulence therefrom,
owing to this monopoly system, which seems
even to be hereditary whereas an extension
Of rum licenses would not only increase our
depressed finances but afford many an oppor-
tunity of obtaining a livelihood, which they
are ~anjustty deprived Of, and at the same
time it is quite evident that competition
would cause a better article to be disposed Of
in the market, in all probability at a more
reasonable rate, and therefore l cannot see
why or whence this unjust limited monopoly
it is not in accordance with freedom of civil
rights or reason and therefore ought to be
his obligations to the Government regarding
his fees enjoy his right and title to a license
like free people in a free country.
I will say no more on this subject for the
present, but resort to my next questions.
It is not seldom that we see people, par
t~icularly of the rural class, passing through
this town to the Fort, and from thence to the
hospital, covered with blood, the i'll effects
of fighting, which is often on account of some
, 1887-03-26

NLLE og Enhver, der innate have
III Noget at fordre pan Boet efter
afd0de Rnmbodholder ROBERT
FLYNN og EfterIevende Enke
CATHR1NE FLYNN, indkaldes her.
we'd ill al anmelde eg beviisligejore
deres Krav for undertegnede Ret
inJen UdI0bet af 3 Maanedpr efter
denne. IndkaldeIses sidsie Bekjendt-
gj6relse.
Frederiksteds skifteret, st. Croix den
25de Marts 1887.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1887-03-26

MARRIED. ST. Johns Church, Chris,
tiansted, on Wednesday evening The 23Idinst,
By the bev. Ralph lem. DodSworth assisted
by the Revd. Charles II. Branch, Robert l..
Merwin Esq. Of FrederikSted to Harriet
Nc. Even, daughter of the late Fiancis
Armstrong ESQ. and sister of Robert
Armstrong ESQ British Vice-Consul in
this island. .
, 1887-03-26
Correction and Explanation

Correction and Expl0matiOn.-In
DR.. Kalmer's article published in our last,
middle column of 3rd page, 45th line from
top, instead of 1875 or $500, somewhat
more than !" read 1876 or $500, some
down, instead Of ; g read ~.
In connection with the same article we
would explain for our Danish readers that
1896 means in English 1874 dicided by
365, not 734 minus 365, as in Danish.
, 1887-03-26
NOTICE..

HEREBY beg to inform the pub
lie that the Road leading from the
western suburbs of Chri~riansted along
the seaside to the boundary OF the
prison land, belongs to Estate Rich
nond, and must therefore be regarded
IA a private road.
Estate Richmopd, st. Croix, 25th March
1887.
I. REHAGEN.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-06

are satisfactory in point of looks and
give evidence of sufficient intelligence
| appoint a time for coming again.
Then continue the sitting down pro-
cess still further by questioning them
more closely. OF the some hundred
and fifty children thus get on my
first 1t each is certainly proficient
enough for super, perhaps twenty
five will do for small speaking parts
and five will develop into tidy stars OF
the stage" = [Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.